The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1897, Page 2

FRANCI THE CO CALL, MO NDAY OVEMBER ; took from here | ir and 10,000 pounds of | consumption would be | £ and 3000 pounds e, b 170 barrels n M:llard so!d some of his extra t to have considera- nd that the four ves- I under: re are within & quarter of a mile of | . s0 that thev tan go ashore at | tme. T.e William Bay left her extra provisions at the P int Barrow sta- I do not know what the provision | 1pply at the station is, but there are na- the ships have plenty ion, there is game to and tne men can hunt themselves | or hire Indians to hunt for them. The | ay be lost in the spring, but I be- e men will be all right. know where the four other t Barrow are, but they cuell Island, of provisions. ng up there on | ub question is there are the d fishing to nsupply there n. 1d ammun I do nc the only one, and Ind re-e med men on the , who has often her of Arctic n o means enthusiastic bances of the rescue expedition, | s worth an earnest effort, ome of the crews may lost. viga- ne is Among other | any | 1ance, particu- to be favor- is that the happen es. I think be is| nust remember he the winter and for e likely to be too er, itis worth there is food hetber in the od to be ¢ er of H. interested Lieles & in whal than 300 m Imost cons p between the he winter by Our a notitied nts a of the Ca alers by and they will do assist them. | upplies to which we ver to load of oat of oned sailors v the natives to the interior by subsisting be able to | used to transport t Hope, while the t Point Barrow.” Lieoes proves that the plan to get far north as there and Point | P y ves, and the well known to white men. It om Point Hove to | ka that seemed difficultv, but Mr. | tement that tne distance is| traversed in winter proves that for a relief expedi ney. that the sailors can the food'now at the several hundred to starve, some of the | s who have just returnea ispute this and say posi- | enough food in the en- | ept e men alive unul as- them in the sprine. | am Rader of the Third | ch when asked last as in regard 10 the pro- lief expedition saja: to stion about the duty of tes Gover ment sending | risoned whalers in the just as much in norita Cisneros, and in the starving Government has ivered its distressed people of other lands, and the | pathetic condition of these seamen should appeal to the Americans as a governroeast. May Tre CaLL succeed in its noble effort to bring this matter to the attention of our authorities st Washington,” CUTTER BEAR MOST AVAILABLE. Captains Tuttle and Hooper Agree the Vessel Is Best Adapted for Relieving the Whaiers. SATTL! Nov. 7.— Captain Tattle, ler of the revenue ter Bear, which vessel arrived from the North last night, said to THE CALL correspondent | with reference to the sugeestion that his cutter might be sent to the relief of the ice-imprisoned whalers in the Arctic| pera‘e and the peo “Of all the Government cutters the Bear | y adapted 1o plow throuch | the norihern seas. Sheathed with iron bark two inches above and ten inches be- low the waterline the Bear has pushed her way through ce wher- it was at all possi- ble for anv vessel 10 go without destruc- | tion. We started on our northern trip this veur from Seattle on May 5, and returned st six months and a day :ater. Thecut- ter is in good condition and shows no signs of having come in contzct with ice, other than that the paintcn her sides is scraped off. “I sent y report to Washington last night, and in the course of a week expect to receive orders to have the Bear go on the drydoclt. She needs her usueal annua! scraping, palnting and overhsuling of machinery. [nafew days’ time she could be made ready to zo north and winter there. *I think, however, it would be most impracticabie and whoily useless for the Bear or any other vessel 10 go north, with theidea of affording relief to the fleet of whalers caught in the ice up there. It would simply be impossible to get within a radius of hundreds of miles of them before next July. Four of the unfor:unate vessels are off Point Barrow, while the others are cupposed to be to the eastward, near Demarkation Point. “By this ume the Arctic Ocean is a frozen masg of jumbled ice with piies as high as sixy feet. Possib y for 100 miles it weuld be d:fficult to see a smooih block of ice 100 fec: square. This year it haa not sufficiently broken around Point Barrow for the whaling fleet and the cut- ter Bear to push through before the 8th of is | June 20, but iast year it was July 12. | nature of | great | this winter, where the [ the | overestimated. Itisallright from a senti- mental puint of view, and doubtless they | | recommendation August. Last year the tirst vessel got in August 11 Farther south the thaw com- mences earlier. This year we were able’'to getinto Norion Sound to St. Michae! on Ifa vessel were to go north now or any time besore late ir: the spring it would be im- possible to get beyond or even through Bering Straits. “From what I can learn there are 159 men on the Orea, Belvidere, Freeman and Rosario. ‘These vessels are but a few miles from Point Barrow, at which point there are sufficient supplies to keep the men in comparative plenty through the winter. But the 135 men on the Jeannie, Fearless, Newport and Wanderer wiil un- doubtealy be subjected :0 privation and many hardships. These vessels are short of prov'sions, having expecied to return to San Francisco ers this. But Ido not believe that sturvation will follow. These unfortunate men can get to shore and se- cure some food from the natives. Possi- bly some of them, by procuring sleds and dogs, may work their way down to the Yukon gold fields. Two years ago thir- teen imprisoned whalers succeeded in gettnz from Herschell Island down to the Yukon River. I met several of thom in St. Micbael this summer. “I realize that a desperate situation is presented, but cannot see how any vessel can render a d to the imprisoned whalers before next sprinz.” WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—I had a talk with Capisin C. L. Hooper to-night. At first he seemed not to regard the veport | that the whalers are in a desperate condi- tion in a serious light, but when told the their situation he seemed to think that something ougnt to be done. Captain Hooper said: “Well, there are y two vessels ou the coast that I can of that are suitable for the purpose. s the Thetis and the other is the Bear. The Corwin 1s rather 100 small. Of all the vessels the Bear Is the most table.” “Do you think that she could reach Norton Sound this season 2" “Iam not sureof that,” said he. *Tt would probably be the 1st of January be- fore she could get away, and it would be a question whether she could get up as far as St. Michael.”” *‘Suppose she herself should get caught fast in the ice?’ suggested the corre- spondent. “Oh, that wouldn’t make any difference to the Bear,” said the captain, who has a admiration for the vessel. ‘The Bear was built for it. She is one of the stanchest vessels afloat. Besides, she can carry a great quantity of provisions, enough to maintain her crew cémfortably all winter and spring, wi h a great quan- Oue i | tity besides for the relief of the whaling | crews. But the Bear’s officers and crew wouid certainly not relish a trip up there thermometer is s'venty or eighty degrees velow zero. Still, if these people are in the great peril that is reported s>mething ouczht to be done, even if th- Bear has to suffer for i, for that is what she is for.”” **How far do youcali it from St. Michael to Port Clarencs by dogsieds?” “Ata rough guess [ shou!d say it was about 150 miies, and from there to Yoint Barrow by reindeer is sbout 600 miles. sut it would be a rocky and 1cy road for even the reindeer to travel, and there would not be very much picking for the animals on the way. I think tbat there are about 2000 reindeer at Port Clarence, which were brought from Siberia, part of them by the Bear. They are not cor- ralled, but roam at will. But they are for the most part so domesticated bty habit and training that they are very tame and easily herded. [ think that about as gooa a use that couid be made of them would be tu drive a big berd of them to Point Barrow, kill and feed them to the whalers,” “Then you do not think much of Dr. | Sheldon Jsckson’s propagating scheme?”? *Ob, Ido not say that, but I think that importance of the matier has been are useful to the Alaskan schools in that vicini y, but the popular impression that they are going to be of immense benefit to Alaska as a whole is erroneous, for the | majority of tLe people do not have any conception of the vast extent of frozen fields and mountains of Alaska, and it would take 2 hundred years to propagate reindeer enough to make any permanent impressiou on Ala-ka or benefit the terri- tory geunerally to any extent.’’ “Do you think 1t was a <ood idea to dis- pose of the provisionsat Point Barrow and abandon the relief station there 2" *I thought so at the time,” said the captain, “else I would not have recom- mended it. This action was taken on my after Captain Healy, Senator Perkins and the whaling com- panies bad concurred in it, although it now appears that it would have been bet- ter if it had not been done. The goods were sold for about 50 cents on the dollar, I believe.” RELIEF WORK IS FEASIBLE. Senator Perkins and O hers Spezk of the Necessity of Sending a Rallef Expedition. OAKLAND. Nov. 7.—*There is no doubt in my mind,” said Senator Perkins to- night, “of the feasibility of sending a re- | lief expedition (o the whaling flset, and there should be no difficulty in obtaining a vesse! to send north. If a Government vessel cou'd not be obtaiued there are many steam whalers now in port that are well fitted to make the tr p, and which 1 have no doubt their owners would be glad to charter to the Government at a reason- able rate. ship, but, of course, the best boat that could prssibly be sent would be the B ar. It the Government cannot send the Bear, houwever, the best plan would be to charter a whaler. “I am pretty well posted on affairs up north, and, although it wou'd not be pos- sible, of course, to reach Point Barrow by ship, it would be a practicable proposition to get there with reindeer along the coast. | There would be no difficuity in reaching Port Clarence, where there is a reindeer station, and from there enough assis:ance could be sent north to the whalers. If their vessels are 1cebound near Point Bar- row I am of the opinion that the men will make their way down the coast, and that they would try to reach Point Hope. Should they do so, they could not help meeting the reindeer relief party going north, which would inform them that the Bear was at Port Clarence with pro- vi-ions. “Although the vessels were in the pack when last heard from I bave not yet given up all hope that some of them may have escaped. I base this slight hope upon the fact that there has been a change in the wind along the coast that might bave broken up the ice. If any of the vessels did break out they -houid arrive within the next week. If they are not in by next Sunday I do not think there is any hope for them. “There iz, bowever, no time¢ to be lost and the relief expedition should be organ- ized atonce. Itisonly the barest chance that any of the ships hava got free of the The Thetis would b a cood | | and progressive nation of the earth to- pack, and if notin within a iew days, that will be proof that they are doomed. The expedition should be ready to leave assoon as possible.”” “I feel certain that the Secretary of the Navy will not hes:tate to provide a ship as <oon as he is acquainted with the facts,” said Congressman Hiiborn to-day. “One hing is cer:ain—the people on this coast are not going to enjoy their Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with the knowl- edge that perhaps a hundred of their fel- low-men are starving to death in the north for want of help which it is in their power to give. “Thisis not a vartisan matter. It is my business, and it is your’s and every- body else’s. Idonot hesitate to say that a powerfu! concern, with its rapid means of reflecting public sentiment and reach- ing the hearts of the people, such as THE CavrL, could secure a ship and fill it with provisions and a volun:eer erew, if neces- sary, at twenty-four hours’ notice. Ido not t ink, however, that this will be ne- cessary. I have wired Secretary Long of the apparent urgent need of a Government vessel 10 carry provisions up north, and [ think be will attend to that part of it. “'As to provisions, there are no more generous people on the face of God’s earth than Californians. Let Tue CALL an- nounce that the vessel is ready to receive provisions and watch how quickly her hold will be filled.” “Qur company can be depended upon to do anything that is reasonable,” said Harry N. Knowles ot the P: cific Whaling Company to-night.” am not at liberty to say, of course, what action would be taken, because the matter of sending a vesse! up north would be settled by our manager and directors, but I dare say that we have kindly feeling toward whalers as any people, and shall be only too glad to do anything that would help them. “If it is decided to send a vessel nerth and the Government should want to char- terone of our steam whalers I think we | could trust Congress to do what was right by way of recompense when it mees | again. The steam whaler Thrasher is| available for the trip, but I have a doubt as to whether “or not it may not be too late now to save the men.” 3 RO Nov. 7.—THE CALL rep- resentative interviewed John A. Barham, m mber of Congress from the First Con- eressional District, at his home here to- day 1n reference to the plan of sending assistance to the ice-bound mariners in the northern seas. Mr. Barham sai “I con~ider it but an act of humanity to assist in seading aid to the ice-impris- oned seamen now in the Arctic, and will do what I can in the matter at once. Any Government certainly owes it to its cit zens to aid and protect them when possi- | ble in time of distress, and the United States of America, the most enlightened 1 day, should not be slow to act in a crisis of this kind.” STOCKTON, Nov. 7.—In speaking of the | matter io-night Congressman de Vries | said he was in hearty sympathy with the | movement of THE CALL in getting imme- | diate aid to the ice-bound whalers. To- | day ke was packing, preparatory to start- | ing for the East, ana said he wou.d use | | every effort 1o secure from the S-cretary of the Navy the necessary assisiance for the imprisoned whalers. POINT BARROW FEDE : AL STATION | It Was Estrblished 'n 1881 by Cap- | taln Ray, U. S. A, Now Sta- | tloned on the Yukon. | Captain H. P. Ray, U. 8. A., whose name is now coupled with the propcsed arm operations on the Yukon, spent nearly | three years at Point Barrow in 1851, 188 and 1883, in charge of the government meteorological exypedition and station there, and his voluminous reports give much interesting information about the Point Barrow region, the most northerly po:nt of the continent. The building erected by Captain Rav for | living quarters and observatory work, near Cape Smythe and some littie distance from the extreme point, was the only building | except Indian huts. 1: has long been abandoned by the Goy- ernment,and since then a commercial sta- tion has been established in the vicinity. In Captain Ray’s time game was far more | plentiful than now and the Indians rustled their own provisions, whereas now | th-y are lareeiy dependent on the store- | house. Ray and his party sunk a deep shait in the frozen earth, dug out a cold- storage room, and stored each season bundreds of ducks and quantities of rein- deer meat, which afforded a plentifil and constant supply. In May, 1882, the ob- servation party barged 500 water fow] and the hunting of deer by the natives a little back from the coast and the hunting of | seals off shore in winter is described. But the fur trade has since then made the game supply slim and pre<ent reports are that game is unusually scarce this s-ason, all of which offers small hovpe for the feed- ing of several hundred people from this source. . The Orca is now one of ths whalers beleaguered there and Captain Ray tells of her first visit to Point Barrow. When the fog lifted at 7 A. N.'on August 1, 1883, the eyes of the Government party were glad- dened by the sight of four steam whalers makine their way through the ice, and the Orea, which brought their first mail of the year and a year’s news, was the first to be boarded off shore. In July of the | previous year the North Star arrived in time to be crushed and wrecked in the ice pack close to the station, the crew being saved and cared for by the little Govern- ment party. ORAKZAIS TREAT But the Afridis Tribesmen Give No Sign of Yielding to the British forces. SIMLA, Ispra, Nov. 7.—Official patch-s from Maidan, in the Maidan Val- ley, where the British column under Sir William Lockhart is encamped, say that a large deputation of the Orakzais has en- tered the camp to treat for peace, but that as yet the Afridis givs no sign o' yieldin Mennwhile the tr be men cut the tele- gr ph wires nightly, persistently harass the expedition, fire at long range on every baegage convoy cros-ing Arhanga Pass, and attack every ioraging party. One of the latter narrowly escaped massacre. Several have been killed or wounded in these desuitory encounters Among the klled was Lieutenant Giffard of the Northamptonshire regciment. Lieutenant Sullivan of the Sikhs was badly wounded. FuR PEACE. i g Otic to Get an Appointment. WASHINGTON, Nov. $.—THE Cann correspondent learned to-night hat the President has the name of Colonel Harri- son Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times. under consideration for a fi class Federal position. Colonel Oti: pected 1o come to Washington in a few days. The Presdent and Attorney-Gen- eral have had a 1alk concerning an ap- pointment for Cotonel O ————— To Cure a Loid in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Dru gists refund the money if it feils to cure, 25c.! | rations such as his soidiers get. STARVATION BY TENS (7 THOUSANDS Butcher Weyler’s Policy to Exterminate All Cubans. HUNGER’S WORK YET GOES ON. Famine Causes a Fearful Slaughter Among the ** Concentrados.” TERRIBLE DEATH RATE IN THE TOWNS. By Dis:ributing Rations Marshal Blanco May Save Half of the Survivors. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The correspond- encof the World at Havana telegraphs: Weyler has gone, but his purpose to ‘‘ex- terminate the breed”’ of Cuban patriots is being fulfilled. Starvation is killing “con- centrados” by tens of thou-ands. Hun- ger is doing what Spain’s 200,000 soldiers cannot accomplish. Women and children, the weak and old are cying like sheep. Tobe rural population concentrated 1in towns has filled graveyards and iis dead now lie unburied. Since Weyler's proclamation driving the country peonle into towns was issued balf the population of Wesiern Cuba have died, Half of those who survive are so weak and emaciated that the flickering spark of life in them will surely soon be ext.nguished. They canno: survive, al- though Blenco, the new governor-reneral, has orderea theservice of rations to ti.em, Thelives of the othor haif of the survivors Blanco will save. He has acted promptly, but such has been the fatal effect of Weyler's savages that Blanco cannot undo or coun- teract i:. The assistant Mayor of Havana tells me there are 15,000 *copcentrados” in this city. Ragged, thin ard starving, these people are huddied in public buildings. There and in the archway of houses they | sleep by day, only to_be driven by hunger to beg at might. With my own eyes I have seen dead bodies picked up under these archways in the dawn of earlv day and carried away. The hospitals here are as foul as gravevards. During the week eniding to-day 520 people died in this city. This tremendous rate is almost four times the annual weekly average deaths here— | 135, Three hundred ‘‘concentrados” were driven into Melena del Sur. Not one sur- vives. In Ariemisa 3C00 women and chil- dren have perished, starved 1o death. On October 30 and 31 and Novemver 1, 136 die: 1n Matanzas, an-average of 45 a day. In San Domingo, where there are 50,000 peouvle, from 30 to47 people uie every day. gt RETURNING O HAVANA., Consul-General Lese Says He Will Protect the Lives and Property of Americans. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—General Fiiz- | hugh Lee, United States Consul-General at Havaua, arrived in this city to-nignt on his way to his post in Cuba. He will remain here until Wednesday, when he will sail for Havana. He had come from Washington, where he had a long con- sultation with the President and also with Secretary Sherman. +Did you receive any specific ins’ruc- | tions fromn the President or Secretary Suerman as to your relations with the new Governor-General of Cuba?” was asked. “No general instructions,’’ replied Gen- eral Lee, **Iam going to protect the lives and property of Americans in Cuba and to look after the commercial interests of Americans and after the rights ot Ameri- cans, and to keep in the middle of the road.” In regard to the trial of the crew of the Competitor he simply said, *“They were triea once and sentenced to be shot. Then a flaw in the trial was discovered and now they are being retried. Asto the verdict nobody can teil.” s R S POLITICAL AMNESTY. Spain’s Cabinat Council Approves the Proposal for Cuba and the Philippin=as. M ADRID, Nov. 7.—The Cabinet Council has approved the proposal of political amzesty lor Cuba and the Philippines. The Government denies that tue action to be taken with regard to staiements made by Lieutenant-General Weyler to the dep- utations that waited upon him shortly be- fore he left Havana is the resuit of any suggestion on the subject received from Washin gton. El Liberal, referring to *“‘mysterious threats made in New York by people in- terested in the separatist affairs” and to the “revelation of gigantic immoral spec- ulation,” -ays: “No doubt anxiety has been reatly increased during the last twenty-four hours. Itis known that the Cuban rev.lutionary committee is trying to place war bonds among the filibuster-, offering ridiculous and imaeinary guaran- tees. Tie committee propose al=o tostamp dollar pieces ‘redeemable when the Spanish troops have evacuated Cuba.’ We have done everyihing to assure peace in Cuba, and have “thereby acquired the good-will of Europe ana international right, There- fore we should not tolerate offensive in- terference, and we can meet tranquilly any complicaiions arising out of such inter- ference. We do not believe the United States Government will associate itself with these adventurer-, but even should this happen we must not deviate from the line of conduct that honor and duty dic- tate.”” The Government hasreceived a message from the autonomist leaders in Cuba ac- cepting on belalf of that party the ap- pointmentstendered representative auton- owmists on the nomination of General Blanco, among them the provincial Gov- ernorships, which have been assigned as follows: Province of Havana, Senor Jose Bruzon; Pinar del Rio, Senor Marcos Gar- cia; Puerto Principe, Senor Rafael Vasailo; Santiago de Cuba, Senor Enrique Capriles. Senor Francisco Dearma, a reformist, has been appointed Governor of Matanzas province. Warden Hule’s Eetwrn. SAN QUENTIN, Nov. 7.—Warden W. E. Hale is expected to arrive Monday from the East, where ne attended the ses- sion of the United States Supreme Court, JES LOST [N THE GALE Nineteen Men Perished on the Steamer Idaho. Only Two of the Crew Were Rescued After tha Vessal Went Down. It Was One of the Worst Storms Ever Experienced on Turbulent Laks Erle. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. BUFFALO, Nov. 7.—The following are the names of sixteen of ihe nineteen men who lost their lives on the steamer Idahe, wuich sank during the gale on Saturday morning above Lon: Point, on Lake Erie: Alexander Gilles, captain, Buffalo; George Gibson, first mate, Buffalo; Wil- liam Clancy, chief engineer, Buffalo; John D. Taylor, steward, Buffalo; Nelson Sk nner, first assistant engineer; Louis Gilmore, watchman; Richard McLean, wheeiman; Rober: Williams, wheeiman, A. J. Richard, lookout; Henry Thomp- son, lookou'; Conrad B. Lanker, firemun; William Gregory, fireman; John Holly, assistant steward; Frederick Miffort, oiler; Eaward Smith, deckhand, Roches- ter; M. Bell, deckband. The names of three men drowned are vnknown. One was a fireman, another a d-ckhand and a third a porier. The names of the two men saved are: Louis Laforce, junior second mate, and Wiitiam Gill, & deckhand, living at 137 Kent street, R chester. It is not known at the office of the Western Transit Company where the greater portion of the dead men hailed from. The Iaaho went out of commissiox three or four years ago, but this summer she w.s thoroughly overt:auled. After her overhauling she was piaced at the disposal of the Naval Veterans’' Associa- tion, and by that organization used as a flagship during the G. A. R. encampment, in August. At the close of ths encamp- ment she was put into commission again as s freighter. The captain of the ill-fated stzamer, Alexander Gilles, was one of the most widely known of lake seamen. He was 41 years of age and knew tue lake waters like a book. His brother, Donald Gilles, is captain of the steamer Harlem. When the steamer Mariposa arrived in port, about midnight last nighi, with news of the disaster to tne ldaho and having on board the two surviving mem- bers of the crew, Captain Root had this to say regarding the storm on the lakes and | the rescue of the two men: *‘It was one of the worst gales I ever experiencad in all my years on the lakes. We started from Chicago with a load of oats. way down the lakes we had a fight with the storm, and I taought once or iwice of putdng in somewhere until 1t blew over. I am giad I did not, for I fear if I had these two men who came down with me would have jcined their mates by this time. “It was about 12:300’clock in the after- noon when I first iearn d of the wreck of the ldaho. 1 wason deck when my first mate, Myron Chamberlain, came to me and told me tlrat he nad sighted a spar off to the north and that he thought there were a coup'e of men clinging to it. He pointed it out to me, and when I got the glasses on it I could distinguish the men painly. We were running under a good uead of steam =zt the time and I put on more ana _headed for the spar. Wh n nearing it I was puzzied bow to help the me off, for I could not lower a boat in such a storm. F:unaily I circled atout toe spar until I ran alongside and my men picked the poor fellows off. They had to drag them away from the spar by force, for the men had been there so long that their arms had become numb ana were twisted about the mast and almost froz:n fast to it. “When we got the men on board we put them in bunks and gave them some warm food and soup and bad tuem feeling pretiy good pnysicaliy when we reached harbor.” William Gull, the rescued deckhand, a swarthy, well-built man 23 years of age, has sailea the lukes since he was a youth. He is more inteliigent than the average seafaring man, and his story of the dis- aster as told early this morning is a thrill- ing one. ““We left here Friday n:ght bound for Chicago with ajcareo of general mer. han- dise,” said be. “Everyiling seemed a!l right until we got outside ti.e breakwater, and then we were struck by the worst storm I ever saw. When the first big breaker struck us we were tossed up in tne air like a top, and a second iater a big wave came over the port bow and relled down amidships. The wind howled, but we did not pay much attention 10 the storm. We had felt wind before. The captain consul'ed with the mate and de- cidea that he could weather it, and he kept on his course. *‘As we headed up the lake dead against the gale it appeared to be getiing worse every minute. The waves wer- running high, and the wind threw the tops from the breakers like dust. “We moved slowly againstthe heavy wind and sea, and when we were well up the take we found that the boat was mak- ing water. It kept coming faster and faster, and the bilge pumps were put to work, but the water gained and every minute the ship kept getting less buoyant and the big rollers continued breaking over her. . **We were near Long Point at this time, and the captain started to put in there with the intention of beaching the ship. But the water guined so rapidly that it was too late. She was already laboring, and the two men at the wheel could do nothing with her. Two more men went to work with them, and finally they brought her around and headed her to- ward land. “*Captain Gilles started the pumps, or- dered the men to get the fire buckets, and we formea a iine and began to bail, but i1 was of no use. The water gained on the pumps and the buckets, and soon the water put the fire out. When it was found that the power was gone and that the Idaho could not be moved we knew we could not live in the trough of thut fear- ful sea, and the only hope left was to rnn out the anchor and bring ter head up to the <ea and let her ride out the gale, Every seaman realized the danger of attempting to do that in face jof a hurri- cane, and when Captain Gilles decided to do it he ordered the lashing of tue boats cut and told the men they were forced to take one last chance for their lives. **At the word the anchor dropped from the bow and the chain began to pay out, but the sea was too heavy, and instead of the anchor catching w th a firm grip and bringing the ship’s head to the storm witn a jerk it weni too siow and simply tumbled into the trough of the sea which broke over her in torrents, In an instant she was as helpless as a log and she was tossed nere and tnere aund taking every The Perfume of Violets z‘:‘: rnrxty of the lily, the glow of the rose, he flush of Hebe combine in Pozzoxy’ ‘wondrous Powder. All the | wave aboard. From port to starboard the great mounts of foaming water poured rolling into the hold and adding tothe vantity already weighting her down. The load was too much and afier a mo- ment when we all felt that we were lost, the ship keeled over to the starboard and went down stern first. 5 “What became of my mates I don’t know. I remember that the boats had been loosened and that some of the men were ready to take to them if the vessel went down, but no bjat could have lived for a minute in_that terrible sea, and if anv of them did get in bos' it was simply swamped as soon as the first wave struck it. May be they did not leave the ship at all. I was near thespar, and when the stern of 1he v ssel began to go under I went for the rigzing and wen: up as fast as I could. Another man went with me— the second mate—and I thank the Lord that hs was with me or I would have gone mad d ring all the long hours that I was up there hanging on and trying to keep off the irightiul coid that was siowly kill- ing us. There was a rolling to and fro as the vessel struck the bottom and slowly righted to an even keel, and then a second later sbe rolled over to one side. “I thought she was going all the way over, but she did not. Sue settled on the bottom and, though the waves rolled her from port to starboard, the spar remained out of the water, with my mate and my- self clinging to it. “*All tpis uime the hail and sleet was coming doawn in a cutting sheet and we were covered with ics in a few minutes, for though the top of the spar’ on which we were hanging was twenty-five feet above the water, the big waves struck us and broke over us and the hail cut us like shot. I knew it was about 3 o’clock when we went down, and it seemed to me that daylizht would never come. When day- light came we could not see a sail any- where near us and the sea was as bad as ever., Hour after hour we waited there and then we saw the Mariposa coming. For a long time we did not know whether she would signt us. “When she finally sizhted us and we saw her head for us, I tried to tell my mate, but I could not, and he looked at me with a happy look on his face.”” CHINESE 10 TAKE STRIKERS PLACES Eight Hundred Coolies for the Northern lilinois Coal Mines. Will Be Protected With Gatling Guns and Body~Guarded by Arm-=d Men. ISpecial Dispatch 0 THE CALL. CHICAGO, Nov. 7.—The Times-Herald say Chinese coalminers are to take the piace of Americans in the Northern Lilinots district. An attempt wiil be made 10 break the strike that ex sts, and 800 | skiiled Celestials bave been picked for the work. They will all bear arms, lLive inside a Guil ng-gun-equipped stockade, and be bodyguarded by 100 former Chi-| cug) policemen. An agent of the Chinese Six Companies was in Chicago last week and made a con- tract with the Wilmington Coal Company i to deliver the 800 Chinese at tbe mines of | the Wilmington-Braidwood district. The first consignment oi 200 will arrive next | luesday, and the otbers will be on hand as 00N as Provisions can be made 10 take care of them. Arrangements for an addi- tional 1000 Chinese miners have been made, conditioned on the success of the first venture. Eiabora.e preparations Lave been com- pleted Lo tuke care of the first 800 Chinese | and give them ample protection. | St b YELLOW FEVE 'S SWAY. | Although the <ituation Has Improved | There Are Yet Many Victims at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7.—There has been a decrease in the number of yellow fever cases since yesterday and the situa- tion i- further improved. Very few places are now quarantined against New Orleans. There were thirteen new case: to-day and | the following deaths: Mrs. Phiiomena | Wild, Julia Angell, John Morgan, D.| La Porte, Rosario Torna, Guiseppe Ta- | male, Tuomas Trimble and Ramon Rod- rigue Cases of yetlow fever to-day 13, deaths | to-day total cases to date 1743, total | deaths , total cases absolutely recov- ered 940, total cases under treatment 566. -3 SesvesgEea O Before the Reichatag. BERLIN, Noy. 7.—The Reichstag will meet on November 30. It is understood that in addition to the budget a naval bill and a measure for the reform of miiitary procedure, both of which have been under ministerial consideration for some time past, will be introduced as soon as the ses- sion opens. g Rnisine Desiro red by Fire. HANFORD, Nov. 7.—A raisin-drier on | J. J. Cortner’s rarch, three miles north of here, was burned last night and 3650 trays of raisins were destroyed. The loss was NEW TO-DAY. about $1200. with no insurance. {NCORPORATED B II a s LEADING CASH GROCERS. SPECIAL SALE FOR THIS WEEK TELEPH()NE_S.OUTH 292, Finnan Haddies. 2Ic Ib Sugar Corn, New. .. 3 cans 25¢ Butter, Creamery . . . Squares 40c¢ Sardines, Imported, in oil. . .10c can Bleaching Soap. . . .20-cake box 55¢ Sardines in Tomato Sauce, im- ported. 20c can Figs, Best Cal. White. . 5-1b box 50¢ Mackerel (Underwood’s), in Mus- tard, Soused and Tomato 15¢ can Brandy, best California. . $2.50 gal Regular 33.50 gal. Irish and Scotch Whisky— Ramsay’s Scotch. ... . 90c bot Jamieson’s Irish .90c bot Smoke Royal- Princess ars, Havana. 5¢ B~ Cigars by the Box at Factory Prices SEND ¥OR PRICE LIST, We ship goods to the country f. within 100 miles, " O A% 1324-1326 MARKET STREET. AND 134 SIXTH STREET. ot 3= BITTER BETTER THAN PILLS. NOTED HOTEL LAID IN RUIKS Firebugs Cause a Great Conflagration at Jacksonville- San Marco Destroyed, Entailing a Loss of $250,000. The Firebsll Rope Cut and €Suction Pipes Ruined in Advancs by the Incendlaries, Special Dispatch to THE CALL. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Nov. 7.—A spe- cial from St. Augustine to the Times and Citizen says: The Hotel San Marco, one of the finest and most commodious hotels in this city, was burned to the ground this morning, entailing a loss of $250 000, with less than $30,000 insurance. p It was a few minntes past 3 o’clock this morning when Jacob Masters from the Ontagus residence discovered fire in the boiler-room of the San Marco Hotel. He immediately fired a pistol and notificd Ed- ward McBride, who has charge of the property and who lives in the botel. A alarm was sounded. It was found th incendiaries had cut the fire bell rope and steam whistles had to be resorted to. Those who had gathered at the first call did not wait for the engines and hose, but attached the hotel hose to the we:l on the ground ana commenced the fight. One engine reached the scene, but its w:_:rk was delayed owing, presumably, tothe firebugs having cut holes in the sucticn pipes which supply water from the hydrant. The flames spread from the woodshed and boiler-room to the kitchen, then to the dinin -room and theater. Thnese structures were four stories high, and to * the west of, but connected with, tne main building, which was six stories nigh, with towers in the ceater and on each wirg. Hundreds of men assisted in removing the furniture from the main floor, and a Iarge quantity was taken our, the main floor being almost entirely bare before the fire drove the workers awav. It was not until the flames set fire to the main building that the burning structure presented its most awful vet fascinating picture. The blaze not only illuminated the entire city, vut could be seen for miles around. In a few hours the struc- ture was reduced to embers. The owner of the San Mareo was Wil- liam Beale, areal estate deaier in Bouston. ‘The hotel was leased to McDowell & Pulmer, and would have been open pext month. 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